The Latest Breaking News from Lachlan

They all did—except for James Murdoch, who is now suing his dad for control of the News Corp empire.

Rupert Murdoch and his oldest son, Lachlan, are seeking to strip media magnate’s other adult children of voting power

Pretty much all of Australia’s richest heirs are having a legal battle at the moment, providing a great deal of evidence of how fabulously weird the fabulously wealthy really are.

Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to continue controlling his company from beyond the grave would be better labelled Project Hegemony, than Harmony, because it’s designed to cement one sibling’s dominance over the others and shield the business from possible progressive reform.

News Corp’s Wall Street Journal has sacked a reporter who was elected head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. In doing so, the company has shown once and for all just which side it’s on.

Conservative media titan Rupert Murdoch is making news again – this time, with a secretive effort to change an irrevocable trust. That trust has important ownership interests in both Fox Corp. and News Corp., so it affects broadcast news as well as The Wall Street Journal and other publications.

The move by the billionaire news mogul, 93, could have a ‘real, significant impact’ on the global media landscape

Media mogul’s bid to extend rightwing influence beyond the grave must be resisted to the last

‘In the end, Rupert Murdoch is just another king, on a lonely throne, ruling an empire of cards, scheming, ever scheming, to keep doing so even from the grave.’

The legal case currently enveloping the Murdochs is about much more than a family spat.

This action by Rupert underlines that no matter Lachlan’s achievements as CEO and successor, his position remains vulnerable.